A Vampire, an Ape-Man, a Starlet Named Julia

[TITLE OF SHOW] Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell star in their own musical spoof about several friends racing to finish writing a musical to submit it in a festival. This self-referential show was a hit at the 2004 New York Musical Theater Festival. Michael Berresse directs and choreographs. Opens today. Vineyard Theater, 108 East 15th Street, Manhattan; (212) 352-3101. www.vineyardtheatre.org.

THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE A comedy about torture, terrorism and severed body parts can mean only one thing: Martin McDonagh is back. The provocative author of "The Pillowman" and other outrages weaves a story about a murderous terrorist who cares for nothing and nobody except his kitty cat. So when his pet dies, someone is going to pay. Brian d'Arcy James stars. Wilson Milam directs. In previews. Opens tomorrow. Atlantic Theater, 336 West 20th Street, Chelsea. Telecharge. www.atlantictheater.com.

DEFIANCE John Patrick Shanley's success with "Doubt" makes this follow-up one of the most closely watched new plays of the season. Set in the 1970's ("Doubt" took place in the 1960's), it's about a dispute between two marines -- one black, one white -- at a North Carolina military base. Stephen Lang and Chris Chalk star. Doug Hughes directs. In previews. Opens Tuesday. Manhattan Theater Club, at City Center Stage I, 131 West 55th Street, Midtown. Citytix. www.manhattantheatreclub.com.

BERNARDA ALBA The most regal of all actresses, the Tony-winner Phylicia Rashad ("Gem of the Ocean"), brings to life another iron-willed matriarch in this musical adaptation of García Lorca's play "The House of Bernarda Alba," written by the composer Michael John LaChiusa, who already has had a popular hit this season with "See What I Wanna See." Graciela Daniele directs. In previews. Opens March 6. Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center, 150 West 65th Street. Telecharge. www.lct.org.

THE MUSIC TEACHER, A PLAY/OPERA The playwright Wallace Shawn ("The Designated Mourner") and his brother, Allen, a classical music composer, have created something of a hybrid -- a play about the making of an opera that actually turns into an opera during its flashbacks. The New Group production stars Mark Blum and Kellie Overbey. Tom Cairns directs. In previews. Opens March 6. Minetta Lane Theater, 18 Minetta Lane, Greenwich Village. Ticketmaster. www.thenewgroup.org.

GREY GARDENS A musical adaptation of the cult documentary about the reclusive aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who live in a dilapidated mansion in the Hamptons. Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson play the leads, and the production team includes Doug Wright (book), Scott Frankel (music) and Michael Korie (lyrics). Michael Greif ("Rent") directs. In previews. Opens March 7. Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street, Clinton. Ticket Central. www.playwrightshorizons.org.

MEASURE FOR PLEASURE The last time David Grimm presented a show at the Public Theater -- "Kit Marlowe," his play about Christopher Marlowe -- he had written a bloody Elizabethan tale. Now he has done a spin on Restoration comedy, full of mistaken identities, duels and, in a modern twist, gay marriage. In it, Will Blunt (Michael Stuhlbarg from "The Pillowman") falls for a transvestite prostitute (Euan Morton, who played Boy George in "Taboo"), who, in turn, falls for the womanizing Dashwood (Saxon Palmer). And on and on it goes. Peter DuBois directs. In previews. Opens March 8. Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village. Telecharge. www.publictheater.org.

RING OF FIRE Sung by 14 performers, the songs of Johnny Cash, including "Walk the Line," "Man in Black" and "Hurt," create a story about love, faith and a boy named Sue. Created and directed by the Tony winner Richard Maltby Jr. ("Ain't Misbehavin'," "Fosse"). In previews. Opens March 12. Ethel Barrymore Theater, 243 West 47th Street. Telecharge. www.ringoffirethemusical.com.

SIDD At Dodger Stages, the Off Broadway theater that offers musicals with naked boys ("Naked Boys Singing"), half-naked boys ("Drumstruck") and boys wearing very tight clothes ("Altar Boyz"), there is a curious-sounding new musical based on Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha," the 1922 novel about the spiritual journey of a young man who encounters Buddha (not known for wearing many clothes). The eclectic score (written by Doug Silver) ranges from influences as diverse as reggae and Richard Rodgers. In previews. Opens March 15. Dodger Stages, 340 West 50th Street, Clinton. Telecharge. www.siddthemusical.com.

eNTERTAINING MR. SLOANE The famously handsome Alec Baldwin has passed the age when he would play the mysterious Mr. Sloane who seduces everyone else onstage in Joe Orton's dark 1964 comedy. That role goes to the model and actor Chris Carmack, whose Mr. Sloane draws the attention of his landlady (Jan Maxwell), her brother (played by Mr. Baldwin) and their father (Richard Easton) in this Roundabout Theater Company production. Scott Ellis directs. In previews. Opens March 16. Laura Pels Theater, 111 West 46th Street. (212) 719-1300. www.roundabouttheatre.org.

LORD OF THE RINGS Before its inevitable conquest of Broadway, the epic adaptation of the entire J. R. R. Tolkien trilogy will have its world premiere in Toronto. Matthew Warchus, better known for plays like "True West" and "Art" than blockbuster musicals, directs. The score is by A. R. Rahman ("Bombay Dreams," but don't hold that against him) and the Finnish group Varttina. In previews. Opens March 23. Princess of Wales Theater, 300 King Street West, Toronto. (416) 872-1212. www.lotr.com.

HEDDA GABLER The reviews in Australia were good, but that's not why this revival of Henrik Ibsen's play will be a very hot ticket. It's the American stage debut of the Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett ("The Aviator"), who, while no Julia Roberts (see "Three Days of Rain" below), should still provide enough star power to satisfy audiences. Previews begin Tuesday. Opens Wednesday. Harvey Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 651 Fulton Street, Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100. www.bam.org.

March

THE EMPEROR JONES The Wooster Group first presented Eugene O'Neill's Expressionistic drama in 1998 at the Performing Garage. Ben Brantley said it was a reinterpretive masterpiece in The New York Times. The show returns with a new cast (Kate Valk remains, Willem Dafoe doesn't) and site. St. Ann's Warehouse, 38 Water Street, at Dock Street, Brooklyn. March 1-April 2. (718) 254-8779. www.thewoostergroup.org.

SAVAGES This new history play by Anne Nelson, who wrote one of the first Sept. 11-themed dramas, "The Guys," explores the consequences of war through the eyes of citizens and soldiers during the Philippine-American conflict of 1902. Preview March 8. Opens March 9. Lion Theater on Theater Row, 410 west 42nd Street, Clinton. (212) 279-4200. www.theatrerow.org.

WELL Lisa Kron's intimate drama provides an alternative to the gaudy musicals and celebrity-laden productions on Broadway. It stars Ms. Kron as herself, talking about her relationship with her mother, a homemaker and community activist from Flint, Mich. Critics highly praised the show, which addresses themes of wellness and the nature of theater, when it opened at the Public Theater last year, and the principals have returned for this run. Jayne Houdyshell repeats her role as the mother on the La-Z-Boy, and the director, Leigh Silverman, makes her Broadway debut. Previews begin March 10. Opens March 30. Longacre Theater, 220 West 48th Street. Telecharge.

TRIAL BY WATER The Ma-Yi Theater Company, which presents plays about the Asian-American experience, is mounting Qui Nguyen's allegorical work about two Vietnamese brothers who set off for America. John Gould Rubin, of the Labyrinth Theater Company, directs. Previews begin March 12. Opens March 26. Culture Project, 45 Bleecker Street, East Village. (212) 352-3101. www.ma-yitheatre.org.

MERCY ON THE DOORSTEP It's bad enough that her late husband willed the house to her born-again stepdaughter. Even worse, Corrine has to stop drinking and discover Jesus. This new play by Gip Hoppe -- a founding member of the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater on Cape Cod and the author of the brief Broadway comedy "Jackie: An American Life" -- makes its New York debut at the Flea Theater, directed by Jim Simpson. Previews begin March 14. Opens March 23. Flea Theater, 41 White Street, Lower Manhattan. (212) 352-3101.

FAHRENHEIT 451 The Godlight Theater Company, an Off Off Broadway troupe, has already mounted "A Clockwork Orange." Now it stages Ray Bradbury's futuristic novel -- another cult favorite beloved by bookish high school students -- which raises questions of free speech and intellectual freedom that are still relevant. March 16-April 23. 59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street, Manhattan. Ticket Central. www.59e59.org.

SHOW PEOPLE A new comedy by the very busy Paul Weitz (the film "In Good Company," the play "Privilege") about two underemployed, desperate Broadway actors (is there any other kind?) who are hired by a rich New York banker to impersonate his parents. Debra Monk stars. Peter Askin ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch") directs. Previews begin March 16. Opens April 6. Second Stage Theater, 307 West 43rd Street, Clinton. (212) 246-4422. www.secondstagetheatre.com.

FRAGMENT Pavol Liska, who grew up in a small Slovakian town in what was then Communist Czechoslovakia, directs a new show he has written based on fragments of plays of Sophocles and Euripides. There is a war abroad, fear at home, you get the picture. Previews begin March 22. Opens March 26. Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street, East Village. (212) 677-4210. www.classicstage.org.

PEN A sensitive, thoughtful actor turned sensitive, thoughtful playwright, David Marshall Grant made something of a splash with his debut "Snakebit," a well-made 1999 comedy about a reunion of old friends that tackled issues of sexuality and AIDS. His next play, "Current Events," the blandly titled family story that touched on politics, didn't fare as well. His new play is about a high school student struggling with the prospect of college while negotiating fights between his divorced parents. His wheelchair-bound mother, played by J. Smith-Cameron, wants him to go, while his father doesn't. Will Frears ("Terrorism") directs. Previews begin March 23. Opens April 2. Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 416 West 42nd Street, Clinton. Ticket Central. www.playwrightshorizons.org.

FESTEN Thomas Vinterberg's film "Festen" -- called "The Celebration" in the United States -- helped put the Dogma film movement on the map. The New York premiere of David Eldridge's dramatization, which received glowing reviews in London, has a new cast (featuring Larry Bryggman, Julianna Margulies, Michael Hayden, Ali McGraw and Jeremy Sisto) but the same English design team and director, Rufus Norris. The plot: A Danish family celebrates its patriarch's 60th birthday in their country home, but the good times are shattered when a son decides it is time to reveal a family secret. Previews begin March 23. Opens April 9. Music Box Theater, 239 West 45th Street, Manhattan. Telecharge.

BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY A young playwright and comic book writer is on the verge of major success, but when a Hollywood producer decides she wants to turn one of his plays into a horror film, the ensuing frenzy makes him re-evaluate the major relationships in his life. Michael Bush directs this new work by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Carson Elrod ("Reckless") plays the lead in this Manhattan Theater Club production. Previews begin March 23. Opens April 11. Manhattan Theater Club, at City Center Stage II, 131 West 55th Street, Midtown. Telecharge. www.manhattantheatreclub.com.

AWAKE AND SING! In 1935, when the Group Theater produced this drama about a Jewish family struggling to get by in Depression-era New York, Brooks Atkinson wrote in The New York Times of the playwright Clifford Odets: "Although he is very much awake, he does not sing with the ease and clarity of a man who has mastered his score." History, of course, has been kinder (so was Mr. Atkinson, who changed his position several years later, saying the classic of working-class realism could not be praised too highly). Mark Ruffalo ("This Is Our Youth") makes his Broadway debut as the cynical boarder Moe Axelrod. Others in the cast of the Lincoln Center Theater production include Ben Gazzara, Ned Eisenberg, Jonathan Hadary, Zoë Wanamaker and Lauren Ambrose. Bartlett Sher directs. Previews begin March 24. Opens April 17. Belasco Theater, 111 West 44th Street. Telecharge. www.lct.org. THE THREEPENNY OPERA Alan Cumming returns to Studio 54, where his pansexual histrionics in the revival of "Cabaret" added a distinctive new flavor to an old role. He plays Macheath in this Roundabout Theater Company revival of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's famous satire. Judging by the list of famous names involved -- Cyndi Lauper plays Jenny, Isaac Mizrahi is the costume designer, Wallace Shawn wrote the translation and adaptation -- this show should, if nothing else, have the best opening-night party in town. Scott Elliott directs. Previews begin March 24. Opens April 20. Studio 54, 254 West 54th Street. (212) 719-1300. www.roundabouttheatre.org.

TARZAN Everything seems in place for another Disney juggernaut. A beloved title? Check. Familiar songs by a top-selling pop artist? Phil Collins wrote the score, which includes music from the film. What about some artistic cred? Pichón Baldinu, who co-founded the Argentine literally high-flying group De La Guarda, contributed the aerial design that helps the yelping title character swing around. Add a hunky unknown actor to the mix -- Josh Strickland is Tarzan -- and you have a hit waiting to happen. Bob Crowley will direct and design the scenery and costumes; David Henry Hwang ("M. Butterfly") has written the book. Previews begin March 24. Opens May 10. Richard Rodgers Theater, 226 West 46th Street. (212) 307-4747. www.tarzanonbroadway.com.

LESTAT What is it about bloodsuckers that Broadway producers find so irresistible? "Dance of the Vampires" was a dud. "Dracula, the Musical" flopped. Now here comes yet another vampire musical -- supposedly being worked on after not wowing critics in an out-of-town tryout in San Francisco -- although this one has several proven artists behind it. Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote the songs; Hugh Panaro ("The Phantom of the Opera") stars; and it is based on "The Vampire Chronicles" by Anne Rice. Previews begin March 25. Opens April 25. Palace Theater, 1564 Broadway, at 47th Street. Ticketmaster. www.lestat.com.

STUFF HAPPENS David Hare's docudrama about the weeks leading to the war in Iraq, which uses the actual words of President Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (the title of course is his bon mot) and the rest of the administration's heavy hitters, finally lands in New York; it opened at the National Theater in London in 2004, and has been revised to include new material that fills out the character of former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. Daniel Sullivan directs. Jay O. Sanders ("The Taming of the Shrew") plays Dubya. Previews begin March 28. Opening date to be announced. Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village. Telecharge. www.publictheater.org.

LANDSCAPE OF THE BODY In the greatest theatrical box office idea since the TKTS Booth, the Signature Theater will charge $15 for every ticket (thank you, Time Warner, whose gift made it possible) to this revival of John Guare's genre- and time-skipping play set mostly in Greenwich Village in the 1970's. Lili Taylor and Sherie Rene Scott, who starred in a production of the play at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts in 2003, play sisters. The ubiquitous Michael Greif directs. Previews begin March 28. Opens April 16. Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street, Clinton. (212) 244-7529. www.signaturetheatre.org.

THREE DAYS OF RAIN If Joe Mantello is directing, that usually means you can't get a ticket. He has already directed "Wicked" and "The Odd Couple," and now he stages this revival starring Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper and some theatrical upstart named Julia Roberts. The prospect of seeing the star of "Pretty Woman" onstage has apparently been so irresistible that the 12-week run has almost sold out. Richard Greenberg's drama involves a brother, sister and childhood friend who meet to divvy up the legacy of their fathers. The next act flashes back decades, and the same actors play their parents. Previews begin March 28. Opens April 19. Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, 242 West 45th Street. Telecharge.

THE WEDDING SINGER The story about a down on his luck wedding singer (Stephen Lynch) who tries to pry a beguiling waitress (Laura Benanti) from the arms of a Wall Street cad remains basically the same as its movie predecessor, with the addition, of course, of a few songs (music by Matthew Sklar and lyrics by Chad Beguelin). It's the rare musical that pays homage to both the 1980's, in which the show is set, and the 1990's, when the original Adam Sandler film on which it is based was released. John Rando ("Urinetown") directs. Previews begin March 30. Opens April 27. Al Hirschfeld Theater, 302 West 45th Street. Telecharge.

70, GIRLS, 70 The John Kander and Fred Ebb musical, about a group of Upper West Side senior citizens who leave their old-age home and embark on a crime spree, ran for only 35 performances on Broadway. This odd show returns courtesy of -- what else? -- the New York City Center Encores! series. March 30-April 2. New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street, Midtown. Citytix. www.nycitycenter.org.

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Aimed squarely at the hearts of musical-theater lovers, this show sends up Broadway in the 1920's. Beginning in the present day, it flashes back to an era of frivolity and tells the story of a producer (Lenny Wolpe) who tries to break up a marriage that threatens to take his star (played by Sutton Foster) away from show business. "The Drowsy Chaperone" has its own "Urinetown"-like success story: it began at the Toronto Fringe Festival before moving to a bigger house in Canada, and then to the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles before arriving in New York. Music and lyrics by Greg Morrison and Lisa Lambert. Casey Nicholaw choreographs and directs. Previews begin April 3. Opens May 1. Marquis Theater, 1535 Broadway, at 45th Street. Ticketmaster.

pEER GYNT Opinions on the director Robert Wilson range from "He's brilliant" to "He's a brilliant fraud." But his visually extravagant, dreamlike shows always draw a crowd. His new version of Henrik Ibsen's verse drama (it's the centennial of the playwright's death) is a co-production of the National Theater of Bergen, Norway, and the Norwegian Theater of Oslo. Music by Michael Galasso. In Norwegian with English titles. April 11-16. Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Avenue, at Ashland Place, Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100. www.bam.org.

SHINING CITY In Conor McPherson's new play, a therapist portrayed by Brian F. O'Byrne ("Doubt") struggles with his own demons while listening to a guilt-ridden patient (Oliver Platt) who claims he has seen the ghost of his dead wife. Martha Plimpton ("Hobson's Choice") also stars. This is Mr. McPherson's first play on Broadway since "The Weir," and it arrives here after receiving praise in London. Robert Falls ("Death of a Salesman") directs. Previews begin April 13. Opens May 3. A Manhattan Theater Club production. Biltmore Theater, 261 West 47th Street. Telecharge. www.manhattantheatreclub.com.

THE HISTORY BOYS After much rumor and speculation, Alan Bennett's acclaimed drama about a group of smart, rambunctious English high school students and their bickering teachers finally makes it to Broadway with its original National Theater cast intact. The theater's artistic director, Nicholas Hytner, directs. Previews begin April 14. Opens April 23. Broadhurst Theater, 235 West 44th Street, Manhattan. www.historyboysonbroadway.com.

THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL Herman Wouk's 1954 classic courtroom drama about a naval lieutenant on trial for mutiny receives its first major revival in New York in 25 years with a production starring David Schwimmer ("Friends"), Zeljko Ivanek ("The Pillowman") and Tim Daly ("Wings"). Jerry Zaks directs. Previews begin April 14. Opens May 7. Lyceum Theater, 149 West 45th Street. Telecharge.

THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE Elizabeth Meriwether -- the Jane of all trades from the company Les Freres Corbusier, who starred in "Boozy" and wrote "Heddatron," the robot version of "Hedda Gabler" -- has composed this dirty play about three personal assistants who hate bathing. Previews of the Naked Angels production begin April 15. Opens April 24. 45 Below/The Culture Project, 45 Bleecker Street, East Village. (212) 252-3101. www.nakedangels.com.

CAGE LOVE A woman brings charges of rape against her former lover, while her husband becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened. This new play is by Christopher Denham, the excellent actor who portrays the Adam Rapp-like playwright in Mr. Rapp's current Off Broadway drama, "Red Light Winter." Mr. Rapp directs this one as well. Previews begin April 18. Opens April 27. Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 224 Waverly Place, West Village. (212) 868-2444.

HOT FEET The irresistible pop melodies of the 1970's supergroup Earth, Wind and Fire come to Broadway in this dance-musical created and directed by Maurice Hines. The hits include "After the Love Is Gone," "Shining Star" and six new songs written by Maurice White, who founded the band. Previews begin April 18. Opens April 30. Hilton Theater, 213 West 42nd Street. Telecharge. www.hotfeetthemusical.com.

FAITH HEALER One of Brian Friel's finest plays, this 1979 series of four monologues by three performers does a "Rashomon"-like spin on the life of a charismatic faith healer who travels the back roads of Scotland and Wales selling miracles to those in need. The dream cast of the Dublin Gate Theater production consists of Ralph Fiennes as the title character and Cherry Jones as his long-suffering wife. "Star Wars" fans should recognize the third actor, Ian McDiarmid (who plays the faith healer's manager), as the movies' evil Emperor. But, please, don't bring any light sabers to the show. He hates that. Jonathan Kent directs. Previews begin April 18. Opens May 4. Booth Theater, 222 West 45th Street, Manhattan. Telecharge.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Lynn Redgrave has the pleasure of playing the meddling Victorian snob Lady Bracknell in what is arguably the greatest English comedy. Sir Peter Hall directs the Theater Royal Bath/Peter Hall Company production. April 18-May 14. Harvey Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 651 Fulton Street, Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100. www.bam.org.

MARTIN SHORT: FAME BECOMES ME Martin Short, let's face it, belongs in the musical theater. His hyperactive brand of comedy was always too broad for the big screen, and when he gets on a roll in his truly best television work -- doing characters like Ed Grimley or Jiminy Glick -- it almost seems like he wants to break out and sing. So it's good news that the long-awaited Martin Short vehicle is being advertised as a musical (and not a solo one) and features spoofing songs along with autobiographical tales. Even better news: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman wrote the score, their first since "Hairspray." Mr. Wittman directs. First, an out-of-town tryout: April 25-May 21. Curran Theater, 445 Geary Street, San Francisco. Scheduled to open on Broadway on Aug. 10.

LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING The Steppenwolf Theater Company presents this new play by the novelist Don Delillo ("Underworld") that wades into the right-to-die debate. The family of an artist who has suffered a second stroke must decide whether to let him live as long as his body will allow or to help him die. Amy Morton directs. April 27-May 28. Upstairs Theater at the Steppenwolf Theater, 1650 North Halstead Street, Chicago. (312) 335-1650. www.steppenwolf.org.

Brundibar and Comedy on the Bridge A double-bill of Czech children's operas composed before World War II, with set and costume designs by Maurice Sendak ("Where the Wild Things Are") and English adaptations by the playwright Tony Kushner. Tony Taccone directs. April 28-May 21. New Victory Theater, 209 West 42nd Street. Telecharge. www.newvictory.org.

no cHILD How bad are the New York public schools? Do the teachers care? Are the students learning? In this Epic Theater Center production, the dynamic solo performer Nilaja Sun mounts this piece of documentary theater, playing students, teachers, parents, administrators and even the janitor. Hal Brooks ('Thom Pain") directs. Previews begin April 29. Opens May 10. Beckett Theater at Theater Row, 410 West 42nd Street, Clinton. Ticket Central.

May

A SPALDING GRAY MATTER Fascination about the actor and writer Spalding Gray has only grown in the wake of his death in 2004. Already there has been a solo show about him, a Steven Soderbergh documentary is in the works and a night of readings of his monologues will be held at Performance Space 122 this spring. Add to the list this one-man piece by Michael Brandt that explores Mr. Gray's depression and suicide. May 3-20. Clurman Theater at Theater Row, 410 West 42nd Street, Clinton. Ticket Central. www.thenewgroup.org.

SOME GIRL(S) After canceling "Swallowing Bicycles" from its spring list, MCC Theater filled the slot with another Neil LaBute drama. This one is about an engaged author who visits four ex-girlfriends before his wedding day. It sounds like the kind of thing the character's future wife would want him to do. Jo Bonney, who after staging "Fat Pig" is familiar with the LaBute worldview, directs. Previews begin May 17. Opens June 8. Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher Street, West Village. Ticket Central.

THE HOUSE IN TOWN The new play by Richard Greenberg, who writes plays faster than most playwrights write letters, is a portrait of an upper-class New York marriage just before the stock market crash of 1929. Doug Hughes (who else?) directs. Previews begin May 18. Opens June 15. Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center, 150 West 65th Street. Telecharge. www.lincolncenter.org.

SPRING AWAKENING Based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 play about teenagers struggling under the oppressive rule of their parents and school, the musical features a score by the composer and singer Duncan Sheik ("Barely Breathing") and book and lyrics by Steven Sater ("Carbondale Dreams"). Michael Mayer ("Thoroughly Modern Millie") directs. Atlantic Theater, 336 West 20th Street, Chelsea. Previews begin May 18. Opens June 15. Telecharge. www.atlantictheater.org.

THE WATER'S EDGE In Theresa Rebeck's dysfunctional-family drama, which takes place at the lakeside home of the mother, played by Kate Burton, the rural tranquillity is destroyed when the estranged husband (Tony Goldwyn) shows up with his new girlfriend. Previews begin May 23. Opens June 14. Second Stage Theater, 307 West 43rd Street, Clinton. (212) 246-4422. www.secondstagetheatre.com.

THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED Playwrights Horizons presents their third work by the promising playwright Keith Bunin ("The Credeaux Canvas"), about a minister who finds that her faith puts her at odds with her gay son. Christine Lahti stars. Mark Brokaw directs. Previews begin May 26. Opens June 20. Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street, Clinton. Ticket Central. www.playwrightshorizons.org.

SATELLITES An interracial couple do not receive a neighborly welcome when they move into a gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood in a new play by Diana Son ("Stop Kiss"). Sandra Oh ("Sideways") stars. Michael Greif directs. Previews begin May 30. Opening date to be announced. Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village. Telecharge. www.publictheater.org.

NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN A big hit in San Francisco, Brian Copeland's solo show tells the story of his African-American family moving to one of the most exclusively white suburbs in America. May dates to be announced. DR2 Theater, 103 East 15th Street, Flatiron district. Telecharge.

June

SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS -- Che Guevara is captured in a Bolivian jungle and held in a one-room schoolhouse in the new play by José Rivera ("The Motorcycle Diaries" screenwriter) that is based on fact. Previews begin June 20. Opening date to be announced. Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village. Telecharge. www.publictheater.org.

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TICKETMASTER (212) 307-4100 or (800) 755-4000, www.ticketmaster.com THEATER Correction: March 5, 2006, Sunday A listing last Sunday in the spring theater schedule misstated the number of new songs in the Broadway adaptation of the film "The Wedding Singer." In addition to 2 from the movie, the show has 18 new songs, not just a few.